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Wednesday 15 April 2026, 2.00pm


Dairy Unit with Production Upside


This genuine mid-scale dairy opportunity is well located 15km from Gore township, consented to milk 450 cows until 2027. This property offers upsides through system change. Titled land area is 167.41ha, although extra land outside the titled area gives an effective area farmed of approx. 177.94ha. The farm is currently operating a conservative low-input system, milking around 380 cows and producing an average of 164,000kgMS across the past five seasons, it also has been wintering up to 200 cows on farm. This provides a proven production base with room to lift. Infrastructure is practical, centered around a 33-aside herringbone shed with in-shed feeding. ACRs are available for installation, offering to enhance efficiency and improve throughout. Two homes on the farm and a good range of support buildings for functional operation. Opportunities to secure an affordable dairy unit of this scale are limited.


Land Area

167 ha

Nearest Town

Mandeville, 8.5km
Gore, 14.7km

Primary School

Gore Primary Schools, 14.7km

Secondary School

Gore High School, 15.7km

Freezing Works

Mataura Alliance, 29.1km

Dairy Supplier and Company Number

Open Country, 13251.

Present Condition (areas approximate)

Approximately 10ha of summer turnips and 5ha of kale with the balance in permanent pasture. Approximately 5ha to be re-grassed this season.

Contour Description

Flat to undulating with terrace.

Soil Types

Mainly Riversdale + Mataura, some parts Oreti, Mataura and small areas of Kaweku.

Average Rainfall

1,000mm

Weeds

Annual spray program for doc and ragwort.

Water Supply

Water for the property is sourced from a bore located behind the woolshed that is approximately 65m deep which pumps to three tanks at the dairy shed which is then pumped to troughs via mix of 40, 32 and 25mm lines. There is a soludose at the shed.

Effluent

Effluent from the shed is gravity fed to a sump that is then pumped to a clay lined pond and spread by umbilical system. There are lines but they are not currently in use.

Effluent consent is 450 cows and expires in 2027.

Fertiliser

Latest tests and fertiliser applications on file.

Nitrogen used

80 units of N per hectare.

Access and Roads

Good internal laneway system. External access off Otamita Road.

Additional Feed Purchased

194T PKE Last Season.

Supplement made on Farm

400 bales of baleage.

Homestead

Three bedroom brick home with one bathroom, separate toilet and a connected garage. Home is heated well by wood and diesal fire. Water is from Otama scheme.

Other Homes

Three-bedroom brick and roughcast cottage with one bathroom and a separate toilet. Heated by woodfire and multifuel. Water is sourced from bore.

Farm Buildings

33 aside herringbone cowshed with Westfalia plant and in-shed feeding system (18t silo). Manual teat spray as well as there being ACR's that are not hooked up but everything there for install. 400 cow circular yard with electric backing gate.

Farm Chattels (Plant & Machinery)

Electric fence units + milking plant.

Gravel Pits

Yes.

Yard

At cowshed.

Shelter and Trees

Good array of trees and shelter.

Wintered Stock (numbers approximate)

Most years 200 cows have been wintered on farm but none are to be this season.

Number of Staff

Contract milker + Two FTE.

Shay Moseby
Shay Moseby

Rural Salesperson

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